Afflict
verb
To cause physical or mental suffering to someone.
He was afflicted with a severe skin disease.
Often appears as...
- be afflicted with
- afflict someone with
verb
To cause trouble or difficulty to someone or something.
The country was afflicted by a series of natural disasters.
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- afflict the country
- afflict the economy
verb
To affect something in a negative way.
The technical issues afflicted the whole performance.
Often appears as...
- afflict the performance
- afflict the process
verb
To cause physical or mental suffering to someone.
He was afflicted with a severe skin disease.
Often appears as...
- be afflicted with
- afflict someone with
verb
To cause trouble or difficulty to someone or something.
The country was afflicted by a series of natural disasters.
Often appears as...
- afflict the country
- afflict the economy
verb
To affect something in a negative way.
The technical issues afflicted the whole performance.
Often appears as...
- afflict the performance
- afflict the process
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Impact
Describes severe conditions impacting individuals, usually health-related.
She was afflicted by chronic migraines.
Pro Tip 2/2Long-Term Suffering
Often suggests ongoing suffering or a long-term condition.
He has been afflicted with arthritis for years.
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Impact
Describes severe conditions impacting individuals, usually health-related.
She was afflicted by chronic migraines.
Pro Tip 2/2Long-Term Suffering
Often suggests ongoing suffering or a long-term condition.
He has been afflicted with arthritis for years.
Pro Tip 1/2Personal Impact
Describes severe conditions impacting individuals, usually health-related.
She was afflicted by chronic migraines.
Pro Tip 2/2Long-Term Suffering
Often suggests ongoing suffering or a long-term condition.
He has been afflicted with arthritis for years.
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Nathan Wolfe: What's...
we may uncover a completely new class of life that, like Beijerinck, will fundamentally change the way that we think about the nature of biology. That perhaps will allow us to identify the cause of a cancer that afflicts us or identify the source of an outbreak that we aren't familiar with or perhaps create a new tool in molecular biology.
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What I learned when I...
It was about conquering polio and other disabling but preventable diseases, not only for myself, but for the millions of children who have been and still will be afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases. Today, we are closer than ever to eliminating one of those diseases everywhere in the world.
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Maryn McKenna: What do...
If you look back through history, most people died the way my great uncle died. Most people didn't die of cancer or heart disease, the lifestyle diseases that afflict us in the West today. They didn't die of those diseases because they didn't live long enough to develop them.
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Mark Plotkin: What the...
treating leishmaniasis, a really nasty protozoal disease that afflicts 12 million people around the world. Western treatment are injections of antimony. They're painful, they're expensive, and they're probably not good for your heart; it's a heavy metal.
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What causes seizures,...
Said to cause symptoms ranging from facial twitching to full body convulsions, the Babylonians believed those afflicted were possessed by evil spirits, and the only treatment was divine intervention. Today, we know the symptoms of miqtu by another name,
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The new political story...
Disorder afflicts the land, caused by powerful and nefarious forces working against the interests of humanity. But the hero will revolt against this disorder, fight those powerful forces, against the odds overthrow them
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Attack of the Killer...
it's infected brain directs this ant upwards then utterly disorientated it grips a stem with its mandibles those afflicted that are discovered by the workers are quickly taken away and dumped far away from the colony
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There's no shame in...
nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence. We must stop stigmatizing disease and traumatizing the afflicted.
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Breaking boundaries,...
understood that ministering to the suffering and the afflicted was nice but insufficient to really make a difference you had to attack the conditions that had brought about that suffering and
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Jason Silva's Origin...
JASON I think that I was a restless kid, a very creative but restless kid that wanted answers. So I was afflicted by the bug of question and questioning everything.
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Nathan Wolfe: What's...
we may uncover a completely new class of life that, like Beijerinck, will fundamentally change the way that we think about the nature of biology. That perhaps will allow us to identify the cause of a cancer that afflicts us or identify the source of an outbreak that we aren't familiar with or perhaps create a new tool in molecular biology.
Video examples
What I learned when I...
It was about conquering polio and other disabling but preventable diseases, not only for myself, but for the millions of children who have been and still will be afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases. Today, we are closer than ever to eliminating one of those diseases everywhere in the world.
Video examples
Maryn McKenna: What do...
If you look back through history, most people died the way my great uncle died. Most people didn't die of cancer or heart disease, the lifestyle diseases that afflict us in the West today. They didn't die of those diseases because they didn't live long enough to develop them.
Video examples
Mark Plotkin: What the...
treating leishmaniasis, a really nasty protozoal disease that afflicts 12 million people around the world. Western treatment are injections of antimony. They're painful, they're expensive, and they're probably not good for your heart; it's a heavy metal.
Video examples
What causes seizures,...
Said to cause symptoms ranging from facial twitching to full body convulsions, the Babylonians believed those afflicted were possessed by evil spirits, and the only treatment was divine intervention. Today, we know the symptoms of miqtu by another name,
Video examples
The new political story...
Disorder afflicts the land, caused by powerful and nefarious forces working against the interests of humanity. But the hero will revolt against this disorder, fight those powerful forces, against the odds overthrow them
Video examples
Attack of the Killer...
it's infected brain directs this ant upwards then utterly disorientated it grips a stem with its mandibles those afflicted that are discovered by the workers are quickly taken away and dumped far away from the colony
Video examples
There's no shame in...
nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence. We must stop stigmatizing disease and traumatizing the afflicted.
Video examples
Breaking boundaries,...
understood that ministering to the suffering and the afflicted was nice but insufficient to really make a difference you had to attack the conditions that had brought about that suffering and
Video examples
Jason Silva's Origin...
JASON I think that I was a restless kid, a very creative but restless kid that wanted answers. So I was afflicted by the bug of question and questioning everything.
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Anne Lamott
American Author
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves.
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Keith O'Brien
Scottish Clergyman
Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.
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Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
When you see people your own age afflicted and experiencing life-threatening illnesses, I think it prompts you to apply to yourself the philosophy, 'I want to do the best I know how to do every day.
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Gregory Maguire
American Novelist
In a sense, 'Out of Oz' is an examination of how individuals keep going, keep reinventing themselves and their lives, even after life-altering complications have afflicted them.
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Phillips Brooks
American Clergyman
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.
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Fay Weldon
English Novelist
The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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John Cornwell
British Journalist
Depression is a devastating illness, causing great suffering in the afflicted and anxiety to their nearest and dearest: it can hit at any age.
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Robert South
English Clergyman
God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.
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Jeremy Taylor
British Clergyman
Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.
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Scott Stossel
American Journalist
Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.
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Anne Lamott
American Author
When we're dealing with the people in our family - no matter how annoying or gross they may be, no matter how self-inflicted their suffering may appear, no matter how afflicted they are with ignorance, prejudice or nose hairs - we give from the deepest parts of ourselves.
Quote examples
Keith O'Brien
Scottish Clergyman
Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.
Quote examples
Thomas S. Monson
American Clergyman
When you see people your own age afflicted and experiencing life-threatening illnesses, I think it prompts you to apply to yourself the philosophy, 'I want to do the best I know how to do every day.
Quote examples
Gregory Maguire
American Novelist
In a sense, 'Out of Oz' is an examination of how individuals keep going, keep reinventing themselves and their lives, even after life-altering complications have afflicted them.
Quote examples
Phillips Brooks
American Clergyman
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.
Quote examples
Fay Weldon
English Novelist
The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
Quote examples
John Cornwell
British Journalist
Depression is a devastating illness, causing great suffering in the afflicted and anxiety to their nearest and dearest: it can hit at any age.
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Robert South
English Clergyman
God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.
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Jeremy Taylor
British Clergyman
Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.
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Scott Stossel
American Journalist
Anxiety has afflicted me all my life.
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